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HIGHLIGHTS
Mauritius PM seeks review of Chagos agreement
Senegal seeks withdrawal of French troops
Biden’s long-awaited Angola trip
‘Libyan’ men make off with migrant women and children
Chad cuts military ties with France
Trump threatens BRICS if they replace US dollar.
TOP NEWS
Eastern Africa
Burundi: Journalist faces 12 years imprisonment for sharing information on instant messaging app
East African summit urges peace in eastern Congo but its leader skips talks
An opposition Congo politician is sentenced to 1 year in prison for inciting civil disobedience
9 killed in Ethiopia Oromia region attack
Fossil footprints in Kenya show two ancient human species coexisted
In Kenya, a single mother ‘crisis’
Kenya: Children left behind by British soldiers struggle to find identity
Video: Is Nairobi no longer for safe for political refugees or foreign opposition figures?
OpEd: State surveillance: Kenyans have a right to privacy – does the government respect it?
Mauritius PM seeks independent review of Chagos Islands agreement with UK
Somalia requests Interpol Red Notice for Jubaland leader
Somalia’s Jubaland government suspends ties with federal administration
OpEd: Somaliland’s new government is ready to drive change: these are its 3 big goals
OpEd: South Sudan’s ‘game of thrones’ continues
Tanzania opposition youth leader abducted from bus station
Uganda landslide death toll rises to 17
Uganda confirms hack of central bank accounts, official downplays extent of loss
Kenya and Uganda to mediate in Ethiopia-Somalia dispute
EAC anniversary: Why 25 is a time of reckoning for the East African Community
West Africa
Who are the main candidates in Ghana’s presidential election?
Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo’s ex-wife to run for president
Former Liberia warlord Prince Johnson dies at 72
Mali arrests 4 senior employees of Canadian mining company as it presses firms for more taxes
Nigeria and France sign infrastructure and finance deals
At least 50 people die in Nigeria boat accident
Nigerian police shot at protesters in August, Amnesty says
OpEd: Nigerians migrate to the UK and US in search of the good life – but this isn’t what they find
Senegal’s President Faye seeks withdrawal of French troops
Senegal demands answers as country commemorates a French colonial massacre
Southern Africa
Biden’s long-awaited Angola trip to tout a win against China
Angola railway strategically key to US economy
Why Black Americans searching for their roots should look to Angola
How South Africa’s Famo music gave birth to Lesotho’s ‘terrorist’ gangs
Namibia faces election chaos as voting extended after ‘irregularities’
Musk’s Starlink ordered to cease operations in Namibia
South Africa’s police minister promises to clamp down on illegal mining
South Africa poised to take over the leadership of the G20 on Sunday
Video: Teenagers climb out of illegal South African gold mine
OPEd: Apartheid economy continues to haunt South Africa
Zimbabwe court frees opposition leader on suspended sentence
North Africa
Algeria facing growing calls to release French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal
Egypt removes 720 names from ‘terror’ watch list
British mother of Egyptian political prisoner to press Lammy to take action
OpEd: Egypt – My sister is on hunger strike to free her son from jail. We don’t want her to die
MSF reports armed ‘Libyan’ men make off with migrant women and children at sea
105 demonstrations held in 48 Moroccan cities in support of Gaza
Central Africa
Chad cuts military ties with France as alliances shift across the Sahel
France on the back foot in Africa after Chadian snub
AFRICA-GENERAL NEWS
EASTERN AFRICA
BURUNDI
Journalist faces 12 years imprisonment for sharing information on instant messaging app
A high court requested a twelve year sentence for journalist Sandra Muhoza, of online media La Nova Burundi, for “attacking the integrity of national territory” and “ethnic aversion”. The journalist has been jailed for seven months on these charges for sharing information in a private WhatsApp group. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Union Burundaise des Journalistes (UJB) in condemning these disproportionate charges, which are designed to suppress freedom of expression and hinder the work of Burundian journalists. According to local media Les Voix du Burundi, journalist Sandra Muhoza shared information about alleged government-led arms distribution in a private WhatsApp group of journalists. The journalist, who has been detained for seven months, appeared at the high court on 12 November. The public prosecutor demanded twelve years’ imprisonment, ten for “attacking the integrity of national territory” and two for “ethnic aversion”, as well as a fine of one million Burundian francs. Muhoza’s lawyers categorically rejected the accusations and argued that the journalist was simply doing her job and exercising her right to freedom of expression.
DR CONGO
An opposition Congo politician is sentenced to 1 year in prison for inciting civil disobedience
A Congolese opposition politician was sentenced to one year in prison for inciting civil disobedience in what his political party described as a “blatant attempt” by the government to silence its critics. Seth Kikuni, the president of the political party Piste pour l’Emergence, was convicted of inciting disobedience and spreading false rumors during a rally held in September in Lubumbashi, in the southwest of Congo, a court in Kinshasa said Wednesday evening. In September, Kikuni told supporters during a rally that they should have no fear and stand up to the reelected President Félix Tshsekedi, whom he accused of falsifying the election results. Kikuni was arrested in Kinshasa on Sept. 2 by agents of the National Intelligence Agency before he was handed over to a judge and transferred to the central prison of Makala in Kinshasa, notorious for overcrowding and poor conditions.
ETHIOPIA
9 killed in Ethiopia Oromia region attack
Residents and relatives say at least nine people were killed during an attack in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia region of Ethiopia on Thursday. Adebebu Workineh is a resident of the Shirka Woreda — or district — in the Arsi Zone, about 250 kilometers southeast of Addis Ababa. He told reporters his younger brother, Haile Workineh, was among the nine victims. “The perpetrators called him from his house and later killed him at a nearby river alongside others,” Workineh said in Amharic. Among the dead were women and elders, he added. Social media sites published purported video of nine bodies wrapped in white clothes being buried together. The Arsi Zone, a region known for agriculture, is now marred by violence and killing. Residents blamed the Oromo Liberation Army, an outlawed rebel group fighting against the Ethiopian government army, for the killings. Jiregna Gudeta, an adviser to the OLA commander, said he has no detailed information about the incident and denied OLA was involved.
KENYA
Fossil footprints in Kenya show two ancient human species coexisted
About 1.5 million years ago, individuals of two different species in the human evolutionary lineage trudged on a muddy lakeshore in northern Kenya, leaving behind intersecting trackways alongside the footprints of antelopes, horses, warthogs, giant storks and other animals. These tracks turned into fossils that scientists have now discovered at a location called Koobi Fora, providing the first evidence that these two species – Paranthropus boisei and Homo erectus – shared the same landscape, literally crossing paths. The discovery raises intriguing questions about the relationship between the two species and any competition for resources…The researchers found the footprints in 2021 in the vicinity of Lake Turkana. They identified one long trackway of 12 footprints, each about 10.25 inches (26 cm) long, attributed to an adult Paranthropus boisei individual based on their shape and the manner of locomotion. “The fossil footprints provide us a clear picture of that instant in time, 1.5 million years ago. The different human ancestors may well have passed by each other, wading in the shallow water, possibly hunting and gathering,” said paleoanthropologist Louise Leakey, director of the Koobi Fora Research Project and co-author of the study published on Thursday in the journal Science.
In Kenya, a single mother ‘crisis’
“Today’s men no longer want responsibility,” said Nafula, twice abandoned with a child by men she believed would marryn her. A neighbor nodded in agreement, as she helped to translate from Swahili. In Umoja, their modest neighborhood, “there are many single mothers,” said Peninah Nguli. “Especially in her generation,” added the older woman, herself a single mother to an 18-year-old son. “Most men aren’t around.” Kenya is facing a “single parenthood crisis,” as The Standard wrote as long as seven years ago (a gender-neutral term, whose hypocrisy the article exposed, given the negligible proportion of single fathers). In 2022, the former president of the country had himself expressed alarm at the fact that single-parent families had risen from 25% to 38% in 10 years. “If unchecked, this trend shall destroy the fundamental character of Kenya and reap untold harm onto our most vulnerable and precious members of society, our children,” Uhuru Kenyatta declared in an address to the nation. The phenomenon is fueled by many factors, starting with changing social norms. In Kenya 40 or 50 years ago, the father was the pillar of family life, often with multiple wives and many children. As the head of a clan, extending beyond blood ties, he represented order and ensured financial support. In today’s more fluid, urban and liberal society, some fathers are no longer present. Sociologist Kathleen Ayako Anangwe sees this casualness as a “hijacking” of patriarchy: It’s still intact, but stripped of some responsibilities. “That’s what patriarchy does for them,” she said. “Puts them on a pedestal, even when they behave badly.”
Children left behind by British soldiers struggle to find identity
The goal to confront authorities over hundreds of cases of Kenyan children fathered by members of the British military and seek their support is a long shot after years of attempts by human rights groups to hold the British military and its personnel accountable for their actions during weeks of training in Kenya. The $44 million defense cooperation agreement between Kenya and the UK was renewed in 2021. It allows up to 10,000 British forces to train for eight weeks in Kenya every year. Kenya’s biracial children are part of broader concerns about the British mission, notably the persistent allegations of rape of local girls and women. According to Marion Mutugi, a commissioner with the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR), the relationships between foreign soldiers and local women range from consensual, transactional and non-consensual. She says: “When we talked with the British High Commission we suggested what should be done and they felt that maybe they would not be able to do it they say that they thought it would be a conflict of interest. Our take at the Commission was that they wanted to put a band aid on a wound instead of lacerating it, dealing with it and operating on it.”
Video: Is Nairobi no longer for safe for political refugees or foreign opposition figures?
Kenya, once a haven for refugees, now faces scrutiny over forced repatriations, including high-profile cases like Nnamdi Kanu and Kizza Besigye. What do these incidents reveal about Kenya’s human rights stance?
OpEd: State surveillance: Kenyans have a right to privacy – does the government respect it?
MAURITIUS
New PM seeks independent review of Chagos Islands agreement with UK
Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam said on Friday he has asked for an independent review of a confidential draft agreement with Britain over the future of the Chagos Islands. Prime Minister Keir Starmer wants to finalise an October political agreement that hands Mauritius sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, while securing a 99-year lease on the base. The deal still needs to be ratified by both sides. Ramgoolam, who won an election this month, has expressed doubts about the agreement. He told parliament on Thursday his new cabinet would be able to consider the outcome of the review. Britain’s foreign ministry declined to comment. British foreign minister David Lammy said earlier this week he was confident the deal would go through, adding that the U.S. intelligence agencies, State Department and Pentagon had all welcomed it. He said Britain was happy to give the new Mauritius government time to examine the details.
SOMALIA
Somalia requests Interpol Red Notice for Jubaland leader
Somalia’s federal government has reportedly issued an Interpol Red Notice request for the arrest of Jubaland President Ahmed Mohamed Islam, known as “Madobe,” escalating a political standoff with the Federal Member State. The Banadir Regional Court in Mogadishu, which authorized the request on Wednesday, accuses Madobe of treason, collusion with foreign governments, and undermining Somalia’s unity. The charges mark the latest salvo in a bitter conflict between the federal government and Jubaland’s semi-autonomous administration, a rift which began with Madobe’s withdrawal from the government consultations last month now threatens to derail Somalia’s fragile state-building efforts. A Red Notice serves as a request to international law enforcement to locate and provisionally arrest a wanted individual pending extradition. It is not an international arrest warrant and depends on member states’ cooperation. Somalia’s request for Interpol’s assistance signals its intent to seek international backing in holding Madobe accountable. The issuance of an Interpol Red Notice against Ahmed Madobe carries consequential implications for his political career and personal mobility. While the notice itself is not an international arrest warrant, it can severely restrict Madobe’s ability to travel freely.
Jubaland government suspends ties with federal administration
The government of Somalia’s semi-autonomous Jubbaland state said on Thursday it was suspending relations and cooperation with the federal government in Mogadishu following a dispute over local elections in the region. Jubbaland, which borders Kenya and Ethiopia and is one of Somalia’s five semi-autonomous states, re-elected regional president Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe for a third term in elections on Monday. However, the national government based in Mogadishu, led by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, opposed the election, saying it was held without federal involvement. Jubbaland is seen as the breadbasket of Somalia and the capital Kismayo is a strategically important port. Its shoreline delineates a hotly contested maritime zone, with potential oil and gas deposits, claimed by both Somalia and Kenya. As the election row escalated, the federal government issued an arrest warrant for Madobe, while Jubbaland issued a reciprocal one for President Mohamud on Thursday. The feud is unfolding against the backdrop of Mogadishu’s fraying relationship with Somaliland, another of its regions, which is seeking international recognition as an independent country. Jubbaland accused Mohamud of several offences including violating the constitution, corruption, fuelling clan conflicts and jeopardising Somalia’s fight against Islamist insurgents.
SOMALILAND
OpEd: Somaliland’s new government is ready to drive change: these are its 3 big goals
SOUTH SUDAN
OpEd: South Sudan’s ‘game of thrones’ continues
The fourth postponement of elections in less than a decade raises doubts South Sudan will ever reach democracy.
TANZANIA
Opposition youth leader abducted from bus station
Police confirmed that a man was taken from the bus station in the early hours of Sunday by two individuals traveling in a white four-wheel-drive vehicle.
While the identity of the victim is yet to be officially confirmed, the police said the abducted man left behind a bag containing items which are believed to belong to the youth leader. This incident follows the kidnapping and killing of a senior leader from the main opposition party in September. In that case, Chadema’s Ali Mohamed Kibao was taken from a bus, beaten and then doused with acid. President Samia Suluhu Hassan denounced the incident and called for an investigation into the murder. On Sunday, ACT Wazalendo said Nondo was snatched minutes after he had arrived from the western region of the country where he had been campaigning for the party’s candidates in recent local government elections. The party has expressed concern and called for immediate action. The motive behind the abduction is unclear.
UGANDA
Landslide death toll rises to 17 & a hundred
The death toll from a landslide triggered by heavy rain in eastern Uganda has climbed to 17, a government spokesperson said on Friday, with more than 100 others missing. The landslide occurred on Wednesday in Bulambuli district, about 300 km (190 miles) east of the capital Kampala, and buried dozens of homes across several villages. Footage on local television showed vast areas covered in deep mud where homes and schools once stood. Survivors wailed for missing loved ones as rescue workers dug through the sludge in search of survivors. At least 45 households were completely buried, the Uganda Red Cross Society said in a statement, while others were partially damaged. The Ugandan government has directed citizens living in landslide-prone areas to relocate. The Red Cross and police are conducting a search-and-rescue operation. The East African nation has been hit by unusually heavy rainfall since October that has triggered widespread flooding and landslides in some areas.
Uganda confirms hack of central bank accounts, official downplays extent of loss
A senior official at Uganda’s finance ministry confirmed that accounts in the country’s central bank had been hacked but he downplayed the extent of the losses. The Bank of Uganda had said late on Thursday it was awaiting a police investigation into a news report that offshore hackers stole 62 billion Ugandan shillings ($16.8 million) from the central bank. State-owned New Vision newspaper reported on Thursday that hackers, identifying themselves as “Waste”, accessed the Bank of Uganda’s IT systems and illicitly transferred the funds earlier this month. State minister for finance Henry Musasizi confirmed the hack and said the police’s Criminal Investigations Department and the Auditor General were probing the incident. The hacking group, based in Southeast Asia, sent part of the stolen money to Japan, New Vision said, citing unnamed sources at the bank. New Vision said the central bank had successfully recovered over half of the money from the hackers. Uganda’s biggest independent newspaper, Daily Monitor, reported that the theft may have involved collusion by insiders. Cyber thefts from banks and other financial service providers, including telecom firms, have occurred many times in Uganda. However, police officials have said that some banks are hesitant to publicly acknowledge such incidents due to fears of alienating customers.
EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY SUMMIT
Kenya and Uganda to mediate in Ethiopia-Somalia dispute
Kenyan President William Ruto said on Saturday he and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni would help mediate between Ethiopia and Somalia in a dispute that threatens to destabilise the Horn of Africa region. Landlocked Ethiopia, which has thousands of troops in Somalia to fight al Qaeda-linked insurgents, has angered the Mogadishu government with its plan to build a port in the breakaway region of Somaliland. The spat has drawn Somalia closer to Egypt, which has quarrelled with Ethiopia for years over Addis Ababa’s construction of a vast hydro dam on the Nile River, and Eritrea, another of Ethiopia’s foes. “Because the security of Somalia … contributes significantly to the stability of our region, and the environment for investors and business people and entrepreneurs to thrive,” Ruto told a press conference at a regional heads of state summit. Several attempts to resolve the feud in Ankara, Turkey, have failed to make a breakthrough.
Summit urges peace in eastern Congo but its leader skips talks
East African heads of state made another push for peace in eastern Congo on Saturday but its prospects remained bleak following a regional summit that was marked by the Congolese president’s absence and an early departure of his Rwandan counterpart. A communique read at the end of the closed-door meeting of the East African Community in Arusha, Tanzania, only stated the need to combine regional and broader peace initiatives for sustainable peace in eastern Congo. Rwandan President Paul Kagame left shortly after the closed-door meeting in Arusha. There was no official explanation for Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi’s absence at the summit. A July truce brokered by the United States and Angola has reduced the fighting between Rwandan and Congolese forces, but fighting between M23 and other militias continues.
EAC anniversary: Why 25 is a time of reckoning for the East African Community
The East African Community’s silver jubilee on November 30 may be a momentous occasion in the history of the region’s economic and social integration, but beneath the celebratory salutations lie a reality check of fundamental disparities and unfulfilled aspirations that continue to challenge the bloc’s unity and influence…The EAC leadership’s persistence in pushing intra-regional trade despite bottlenecks saw the quantum of business hit US $10.17 billion, based on data collated till September 2022. At the recent launch of a commemorative emblem for the bloc’s silver jubilee, EAC secretary general Veronica Nduva credited strong political support among the member states for the milestone. Some of the other major developments in the region include boosting the free movement of goods, services and capital. The EAC has also made strides towards establishing the proposed East African Monetary Union, with plans in place to introduce a single currency by 2031.
WEST AFRICA
GHANA
Who are the main candidates in Ghana’s presidential election?
Ghanaians are set to vote on Dec. 7 for a new president to replace Nana Akufo-Addo, who has served the maximum two terms. Former president John Dramani Mahama of the opposition National Democratic Congress party is seen as the main challenger to Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, from Akufo-Addo’s ruling New Patriotic Party. Ten other candidates are running. Among them, independent candidates Nana Kwame Bediako and Alan Kyerematen, who are expected to take votes from the two main candidates. Mahama, 66, is seen by polls as gfavorite to win the election given a severe economic crisis that has made the current government unpopular. Bawumia is the first Muslim to lead a major party in Ghana since 1992 and also the first person outside the dominant Akan-speaking ethnic group to lead the NPP. Kyerematen, 69, is a former trade minister who served under Akufo-Addo from 2017 to 2023. Bediako started his election campaign as a mystery candidate, hanging billboards across Ghana that showed a masked face and a promise to empower youth. The 44-year-old businessman, working in infrastructure development, has contributed to the creation of over 700 homes and employs over 3,000 people, according to his website.
OpEd: Ghana’s outgoing president Nana Akufo-Addo failed to live up to expectations – a look at his time in office
IVORY COAST
Laurent Gbagbo’s ex-wife to run for president
The list of presidential hopefuls in Ivory Coast just grew bigger. The latest entrant is the ex-wife of former President Laurent Gbagbo. Simone Ehivet won the nomination of her party, the Movement of Capable Generations (MGC) at a congress in her native town of Moossou in Iv ory Coast’s southeast. In an acceptance speech, Ehivet listed national reconciliation through an amnesty, food sovereignty, and industrialization as her priorities. Laurent Gbagbo and Simone divorced in June of 2023 after 34 years of marriage and decades of joint activism. A teacher by profession, Ehivet began activism as a trade unionist in the 1970’s. Her political star rose when she met Gbagbo in 1973. Together, they founded the Popular Ivorian Front in 1982 to catalyze opposition to Felix Houphouet Boigny’s rule. During Gbagbo’s incarceration for war crimes, the outfit was seized by Pascal Affi N’Guessan who has also announced his candidature for the 2025 election.
LIBERIA
Former warlord Prince Johnson dies at 72
Liberian former warlord Prince Johnson, who oversaw the brutal murder of former president Samuel Doe as civil wars rocked the country before later serving as a senator and political kingmaker, has died at the age of 72. “It is true that he died this morning,” family member Moses Ziah reported on Thursday. Family spokesperson Wilfred Bangura also confirmed that Johnson, who suffered from high blood pressure, had died earlier in the day. More than 200,000 people were killed and thousands more mutilated and raped as over 1 million were displaced in brutal civil wars that tore apart Liberia between 1989 and 2003 in which Johnson played an active role. Johnson rose to notoriety after his men captured, tortured and mutilated former president Doe before executing him. In a now infamous video from 1990, Johnson was seen celebrating with cans of Budweiser and looking on as his fighters sliced Doe’s ear off with a knife before executing him. Johnson subsequently said he regretted the murder and sought reconciliation with Doe’s family. While Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission named him among those recommended for prosecution for war crimes, saying his group had committed rapes and killings, Johnson never faced trial. After the war, he remained in politics and was elected a senator.
MALI
Govt arrests 4 senior employees of Canadian mining company as it presses firms for more taxes
Authorities in Mali have arrested four senior employees of a Canadian mining company as the military regime in the West African nation continues to detain workers to pressure companies in its crucial mining sector to pay millions in additional taxes. Barrick Gold in a statement Tuesday confirmed that four employees at its Loulo-Gounkoto mining complex had been charged and awaited trial after their arrests Monday evening. Earlier this month, the CEO of an Australian mining, Fesolute Mining, was arrested in Mali’s capital, Bamako. They were released after the company paid $80 million to Malian authorities to resolve a tax dispute and promised to pay a further $80 million in the coming months. Barrick said it rejects the charges but did not say what they were. Malian authorities refused to comment on the arrests. Mali is one of Africa’s leading gold producers…“Mali is likely to continue to using detentions, arrests and even charges against mining executives to compel foreign-owned companies to comply with new regulations and generate short-term funds,” said Beverly Ochieng, an analyst at the Control Risks Group consulting firm. Earlier this year, Canadian mining companies B2Gold and Allied Gold accepted the demands, making payments to authorities and agreeing to the new mining code.
NIGERIA
France and Nigeria sign infrastructure and finance deals
Nigeria and France have signed two agreements to boost infrastructure development and food security while Nigerian lenders Zenith Bank and United Bank for Africa (UBA) expanded their operations into France. Nigeria’s presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga said on Friday that the deals, signed the previous day during President Bola Tinubu’s state visit to Paris, included a 300 million euro investment plan to support critical infrastructure, healthcare, transportation, agriculture, renewable energy and human capital development across Nigeria. “The two countries committed to forge a strategic relationship in project implementation and enhance mutual trade and cross border services by removing fiscal barriers while protecting labour rights,” a joint statement said.
More than 50 dead and dozens missing after Nigeria boat sinks
At least 54 bodies have now been recovered from Nigeria’s River Niger after a boat, that may have been carrying more than 200 passengers, capsized in the early hours of Friday, the authorities say. Twenty-four of those on board were rescued, some of whom are still in hospital, but dozens of others may be missing. Divers are still searching the waters but hope is fading on the possibility of finding more survivors. This is just the latest in a long series of boat accidents on the country’s inland waterways. Despite safety recommendations being made, rules are rarely followed and few are held accountable. The boat was travelling from Kogi state, central Nigeria, to a weekly market in neighbouring Niger state when it went down. Market traders and farm labourers were thought to have been among the passengers. The cause of the accident is not yet known but there are indications that many of the travellers may not have been wearing life jackets as required. Getting accurate details about who exactly had boarded the boat is difficult because there was no record keeping, said the local official in charge.
Nigerian police shot at protesters in August, Amnesty says
Amnesty International said in a report on Thursday that Nigerian police used excessive force and shot protesters while crackling down on demonstrations in August over a cost of living crisis, killing at least 24 people. The countrywide protests over economic hardship, also dubbed “#10DaysOfRage”, were the biggest demonstrations in Nigeria since October 2020. The Nigeria Police Force did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Amnesty report. On Aug. 3, police denied killing protesters but said seven people had died. At that time police blamed four deaths on an explosive device planted by suspected Boko Haram militants who infiltrated a crowd. Police said two people were killed after being hit by a car while marching and one man was shot by a local vigilante while trying to loot a shop. The government, which had encouraged Nigerians not to take part in the demonstrations, has not publicly commented on the deaths of protesters.
OpEd: Nigerians migrate to the UK and US in search of the good life – but this isn’t what they find
SENEGAL
President Faye seeks withdrawal of French troops
Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye seeks to end to the presence of French troops in the West African nation. “There will soon be no more French soldiers in Senegal,” Faye told French daily Le Monde, emphasizing the importance of national sovereignty. The French military has maintained a presence in Senegal since the country’s independence in 1960, primarily for training and regional security operations. There are currently some 350 French soldiers in the country. This marks the first official statement from Senegal’s government calling for the departure of French troops. However, in May 2024, Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko criticized their presence, questioning their necessity in a sovereign nation. Faye’s statement came as Central African nation Chad on Thursday ended an agreement with France aimed at strengthening cooperation in security and defense between the two nations. The development aligns with a broader regional trend, as neighboring countries like Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have recently expelled French troops, seeking to redefine their security partnerships.
Demand for answers as nation commemorates a French colonial massacre
Hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II but were killed on Dec. 1, 1944, by the French army after demanding unpaid wages. At a cemetery, where they are supposedly buried, all the graves are anonymous and the exact location of the remains is unknown, as is the number of victims. The true scale and circumstances of the killings remain unclear as Senegal commemorates the 80th anniversary of the massacre on Sunday, threatening to reignite smoldering tensions between France and the former colony. For decades, French authorities tried to minimize what had happened in Thiaroye. Reports by the French military shortly after the massacre determined that 35 West African soldiers were killed in response to a “mutiny.” Other reports by the French army mention 70 deaths. But today, many French and Senegalese historians agree the true death toll is likely in the hundreds, with some speaking of almost 400 African soldiers killed, based on estimates of the number of riflemen present at the camp on the day of the massacre. On Thursday, Prrsident Macron officialy recognized the events of Thiaroye as a massacre for the first time in a letter to Senegal’s President Diomaye Faye. “France must recognize that on that day, the confrontation between soldiers and riflemen who demanded their full legitimate wages be paid, triggered a chain of events that resulted in a massacre,” read Macron’s letter. But many historians dispute the idea of a confrontation between the French soldiers and the West African riflemen. “What happened on December 1st was the execution of unarmed soldiers,” says Martin Mourre, a French historian and author of Thiaroye 1944, History and Memory of a Colonial Massacre.
OpEd: Enemies of Progress
France’s obsession with retaining influence over its former West African colonies has led to brutal dictatorships in Burkina Faso and Chad.
SOUTHERN AFRICA
ANGOLA
Biden’s long-awaited Africa trip to tout a win against China
Joe Biden sets off for Angola on Sunday on a trip that will deliver on a promise to visit Africa during his presidency and focus on a major, US-backed railway project that aims to divert critical minerals away from China. The project, partly funded with a U.S. loan, links the resource-rich Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia to the Angolan port of Lobito on the Atlantic Ocean, offering a fast and efficient route for exports to the West. At stake are vast supplies of minerals like copper and cobalt, which are found in Congo and are a key component of batteries and other electronics. China is the top player in Congo, which has become an increasing concern to Washington. China signed an agreement with Tanzania and Zambia in September to revive a rival railway line to Africa’s eastern coast. While Biden’s trip is taking place in the waning days of his presidency, Donald Trump will likely back the railway and remain a close partner to Angola when he returns to the White House in January, according to two officials who served under the previous Trump administration.
Angola railway strategically key to US economy – Analyst
President Joe Biden will make his long-awaited visit to Africa this week to showcase a US-backed railway project that goes across three countries. Biden’s three-day trip to Angola starts Monday and will promote the Lobito Corridor development in Zambia, Congo and Angola that he has pushed as a new approach in countering some of China’s influence and dominance of Africa’s critical minerals. According to E.D. Wala Chabala, an independent economic policy and strategy consultant, if the US has a lead in the green economy, they are most likely going to maintain their global leadership in the International economy. “From the US and an EU point of view, it’s like if we don’t have access to the critical minerals for the green economy we will lag behind in terms of greening the global economy. And so the Lobito Corridor is seen as the gateway to the critical minerals that’s in Congo and Zambia,” stated Chabala…many are optimistic that the Lobito project that’s referred to as one of Biden’s signature initiatives will survive a change of administration given it goes some way to blunting China.
Why Black Americans searching for their roots should look to Angola
For the ancestors of millions of African Americans, a slave market in Massangano, a village in Angola, was likely the place where they were sold into bondage. It was a point of no return. Historians believe that people from the southern African nation of Angola accounted for one of the largest numbers of enslaved Africans shipped to the United States, including the first to arrive at Point Comfort, Va., in 1619. That history has largely gone unnoticed in Angola and the United States, where many Black Americans often make pilgrimages to Ghana and Senegal in West Africa to trace their ancestors’ treacherous journeys but not to Angola. Angola is trying to change that. The country’s ministry of tourism is developing a global campaign to highlight the significance of Massangano. The ministry is also partnering with the United Nations Development Program and the American Chamber of Commerce in Angola to launch a crowdfunding campaign to rehabilitate the village and its historical sites. Angola’s president, João Lourenço, has asked his government to repair the lone dirt road to Massangano that becomes impassable with heavy rain…Because Massangano sits at the intersection of Angola’s largest river, the Cuanza, and a major tributary, it was the country’s main transit point for trafficking captives to the coast, scholars said. Today, Massangano is a quiet village of a couple of hundred residents.
LESOTHO
How South Africa’s Famo music gave birth to Lesotho’s ‘terrorist’ gangs
Famo, a genre of music that blends traditional Southern African songs and Western instruments, first emerged a century ago among migrant mining communities in South Africa. The music, characterised by heavy use of the accordion fused with guitar picking from the maskandi style, a subgenre of Zulu folk music, is greatly loved by many Basotho. But in recent years, Famo has become notorious beyond dance halls and concert venues. Fierce rivalry between some fans and singers has caused deadly gang warfare in Lesotho. Recently, the violence has exacerbated so much that the government banned some Famo groups and branded them “terrorist” organisations. The ban, which went into effect in May, named specific Famo groups which the government called “unlawful by reason of being involved in, or promoting or encouraging subversive activities”…Famo music originated in the slum yards of Johannesburg in the 1920s, and it was mostly performed for drinkers of an illicit brew called “skokiaan” in illegal drinking spots for Black people, called “shebeens”. From South Africa’s townships, Famo made its way to Lesotho: first, by migrant labourers, especially men, and second, Basotho women who came from the locations and mine compounds in Johannesburg”. Over the years, South Africa and Lesotho have continued to share similar, and often connected, crime problems linked to Famo music and illegal mining.
NAMIBIA
Namibia faces election chaos as voting extended after ‘irregularities’
Tensions are mounting in Namibia after a controversial extension of presidential and parliamentary elections into the weekend owing to “irregularities” that slowed down voting. The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) announced on Friday that polling stations that should have closed two days earlier, would remain open until Saturday night, admitting to “logistical” failures, including a shortage of ballot papers and overheating electronic tablets used to register voters, which left them standing in queues for hours. The opposition Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) party, which hopes to end 34 years of rule by the South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo), protested against the new extension but urged voters to cast their ballots. “Regrettably, there has been a multitude of irregularities,” said IPC presidential candidate Panduleni Itula. But, he added, there was “no other alternative than for the citizens to carry out what is proposed by the [ECN] to its conclusion”. He is standing against Swapo’s Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, currently the vice president, who would become the mineral-rich country’s first female leader if she wins. But Nandi-Ndaitwah’s bid for the presidency faces pushback from a youthful population frustrated by a lack of opportunities. The World Bank rates Namibia as an upper-middle-income country, but it is blighted by huge inequality.
Musk’s Starlink ordered to cease operations in Namibia
The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia said it has issued a cease-and-desist order to Elon Musk’s satellite internet provider Starlink for operating in the country without a license. Starlink, the satellite unit of SpaceX, operates in several African countries but has faced regulatory challenges in others and resistance from state telecom monopolies. Starlink has submitted an application for a telecommunications service license in Namibia, however the regulator has not issued the license as the application is under review. “Following an investigation, CRAN has established that Starlink is operating a network within Namibia without the required telecommunications license,” CRAN said in a statement. “On 26 November 2024, the Authority issued a cease-and-desist order to Starlink, instructing the company to immediately cease all operations in Namibia.” Earlier this year, Cameroon ordered the seizure of Starlink equipment at ports as it was not licensed.
SOUTH AFRICA
Police minister promises to clamp down on illegal mining
South Africa’s police minister has pledged to rescue all the people still trapped in an abandoned goldmine in the northwestern town of Stilfontein “as soon as possible”. In an interview, Senzo Mchunu said the exact number of people underground is still not known. The authorities have been stationed for weeks outside the abandoned pit in Stilfontein, about 150km (100 miles) southwest of Johannesburg, intermittently blocking locals from sending down food and water to try to force the miners out. The operation has triggered outrage with some fearing that the men could be starving or even dying underground. Police had earlier indicated that up to 4,000 miners may be trapped. On Thursday, police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said they believe that number was exaggerated and gave an estimate of 350 to 400 miners. Describing the conditions in the shaft, which the police have sought to check through camera surveillance, Mchunu said six to seven people who are at the top of the shaft are “commanding the whole thing”. President Cyril Ramaphosa defended the police for blocking supplies in a bid to force the miners out. “So far, more than 1,000 miners have surfaced and been arrested,” Ramaphosa said last week, calling the site in Stilfontein “a crime scene”.
Teenagers climb out of illegal South African gold mine
A group of teenagers have climbed out of an illegal gold mine in South Africa where a weeks-long standoff with police continues.
South Africa poised to take over the leadership of the G20 on Sunday
South Africa is poised to take over the leadership of the G20 on Sunday. This is the first time an African country is taking the presidency of a Group of 20 countries. Johannesburg will be tasked to lead the group until the end of 2025 when the United States will take over the helm of G20 leadership. The G20 group is targeting to address inclusive growth and climate change risks bumping up against the hard reality of trade wars and diplomatic tensions.
Leaders of the world’s 20 major economies had gathered in November and made several declarations. The document, which includes calls for a global pact to combat hunger, more aid for Gaza and the end of the war in Ukraine, was heavy on generalities and short on specifics.
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ZIMBABWE
Court frees opposition leader on suspended sentence
A Zimbabwean court freed an opposition leader and 34 activists after sentencing them to suspended prison terms for participating in what authorities termed an unlawful gathering. Magistrate Collet Ncube was sentenced Jameson Timba, to a suspended two-year prison term after he and the activists had been held for more than 5 months in custody. The activists received lesser prison terms, also wholly suspended. The magistrate convicted Timkba and the activists last week. He acquitted 30 others who had been detained alongside Timba. Amnesty International described the detention as “part of a disturbing pattern of repression” and called for an investigation into allegations that some of the activists were tortured while in police detention.
NORTH AFRICA
ALGERIA
Govt facing growing calls to release French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal
Politicians, writers and activists have called for the release of French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, whose arrest in Algeria is seen as the latest instance of the stifling of creative expression in the military-dominated North African country. The 75-year-old author has not been heard from by friends, family or his French publisher since leaving Paris for Algiers earlier this month. He has not been seen near his home in his small town, Boumerdes, say his neighbors.“The detention without serious grounds of a writer of French nationality is unacceptable,” France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on Wednesday.
He added Sansal’s work “does honor to both his countries and to the values we cherish.” The European Parliament called for “his immediate and unconditional release.” Though no longer censored, Sansal’s novels have in the past faced bans in Algeria. Sansal has been a polarizing figure in Algeria for holding some pro-Israel views and for likening political Islam to Nazism and totalitarianism in his novels, including “The Oath of the Barbarians” and “2084: The End of the World.” Despite the controversial subject matter, Sansal had never faced detention. His arrest comes as relations between France and Algeria face newfound strains.
EGYPT
720 names removed from ‘terror’ watch list
An Egyptian Criminal Court removed the names of 716 people from the country’s terrorist lists, in what experts have said signals positive steps towards national reconciliation following a decade of political turmoil in the country. The significant decision, which included prominent members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, journalists and activists, came in response to a request by the Public Prosecution, which argued the individuals have ceased all their unlawful activities against the state and its institutions. Observers view this unexpected move as a hopeful indication of potential national reconciliation that encompasses all political factions, aimed at addressing the pressing economic and political challenges facing Egypt. The decision also suggests that the government is exploring avenues to de-escalate the internal political climate, fostering trust with the opposition and enhancing overall stability.
British mother of Egyptian political prisoner to press Lammy to take action
The British-born mother of an Egyptian political prisoner who has been on hunger strike for 58 days is preparing to meet the foreign secretary, David Lammy, to urge him to secure her son’s release. Laila Soueif’s son Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a British and Egyptian dual citizen who wrote eloquently about the Arab spring and its aftermath, was jailed for five years for “spreading false news”. He was due to be released in September, but has not been freed. Soueif, who has lost 16kg since starting her hunger strike, says her body is slowly closing down “like a panda bear in hibernation” and that she is getting slower, getting tired quickly if she climbs stairs. One of her daughters, Mona, says she is starting to live more in the past, and worries because the doctors say older bodies – Soueif is 68 – can deteriorate very fast. Mona says it was agreed that her mother wanted to use her body to secure her son’s release after serving his five-year sentence, but it has become what she describes as “an open conversation within the family when this might end”. A mathematician and professor, she admits she is “very stubborn” and insists: “I am willing to go as far as it takes. I don’t think the Egyptian authorities react to anything unless there is a real crisis and, increasingly, based on experience, the British authorities seem to be the same.
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LIBYA
Armed men in speedboats make off with women and children when a migrants’ dinghy deflates off Libya
Armed men in two speedboats took off with women and children after a rubber dinghy carrying some 112 migrants seeking to cross the Mediterranean Sea started deflating off Libya’s coast, a humanitarian aid group said Friday. Dozens of men and boys who were aboard the overcrowded dinghy jumped into the sea, MSF/Doctors Without Borders said. The group’s boat, Geo Barents, arrived at the scene in international waters on Thursday, rescuing 83 men and unaccompanied minors, plucking 70 of them from the sea. Armed men on two speedboats, who identified themselves as Libyan coast guard, were spotted nearby. One boat had taken on board 24 women and four children, and the Geo Barents crew were told that they would be handed over once the men had been rescued. But the vessel then sped away, according to MSF. It said that one of the rescued men, whose wife and children were taken away, claimed the armed men had fired into the air and into the water to stop the migrant vessel. The man told his rescuers that the armed men took only women and children and had pushed him back when he tried to get onto their speedboat. MSF, appealed to all competent authorities and organizations to reunite the families, underlining that Libya was not a safe place. It denounced Thursday’s aggression as “unacceptable”, saying it had put in danger the lives of many people, and separated families.
MOROCCO
105 demonstrations held in 48 cities in support of Gaza
A total of 105 demonstrations were held Friday in 48 Moroccan cities to denounce Israeli attacks and show solidarity with the Gaza Strip. Thousands gathered in public squares in response to calls from civil society organizations, including the Moroccan Commission for Advocating the Nation’s Causes. The protests reflected widespread outrage and unwavering support for the Palestinian cause. Under the banner of “Stop the Genocide in Gaza,” participants carried Palestinian flags and condemned Israeli aggression while voicing solidarity with the people of Gaza. Overall, the Israeli onslaught that began after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, has killed more than 44,300 victims in Gaza, leaving the enclave largely uninhabitable. The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants last week for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense chief Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice over its war on Gaza.
CENTRAL AFRICA
CHAD
Chad cuts military ties with France as alliances shift across the Sahel
Chad has ended its defence cooperation pact with France – a move that could see French troops leave the country as the former colonial power’s influence across the Sahel collapses. The announcement, made by Chad’s foreign ministry on Thursday, could lead to the withdrawal of 1,000 French troops and warplanes. The foreign ministry said it would allow the country to “fully assert its sovereignty” after more than 60 years of independence. The decision would also enable Chad to redefine its strategic partnerships, it added. Chad, a key ally for Western nations in the fight against Islamist militants, has shifted closer to Russia in recent years. The decision to end the defence cooperation agreement revised in 2019 is another nail in the coffin of France’s historic and colonial role in west and central Africa after it was forced to pull its troops out of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso following military coups… There was no sign Paris had been warned of the decision. However, this week a French envoy submitted proposals to President Emmanuel Macron about reducing France’s military presence in Chad, Gabon and Côte d’Ivoire, where thousands of French troops have been based for decades.
France on the back foot in Africa after Chadian snub
A French plan to significantly reduce its military presence in West and central Africa risks backfiring and further diminishing the former colonial power’s influence in the region at a time when Russia is gaining ground. A French envoy to President Emmanuel Macron this week handed in a report with proposals on how France could reduce its military presence in Chad, Gabon and Ivory Coast, where it has deployed troops for decades. Details of the report have not been made public but two sources said the plan is to cut the number of troops to 600 from around 2,200 now. The sources said Chad would keep the largest contingent with 300 French troops, down from 1,000. However, in a surprise move that caught French officials on the hop, the government of Chad – a key Western ally in the fight against Islamic militants in the region – on Thursday abruptly ended its defence cooperation pact with France. That could lead to French troops leaving the central African country altogether. “Chad was the aircraft carrier of the French army, its logistical headquarters. If Chad doesn’t exist, the French army will have a huge problem to keep running its other operations” said Ulf Laessing, director of the Sahel Programme at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Mali. In a further blow to France, Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye told French state TV on Thursday it was inappropriate for French troops to maintain a presence in his country, where 350 French soldiers are currently based. France has already pulled its soldiers out from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, following military coups in those West African countries and spreading anti-French sentiment.
AFRICA-GENERAL NEWS
Trump threatens BRICS nations with 100% tariff if they replace US dollar
President-elect Donald Trump threatened 100% tariffs Saturday against a bloc of nine nations if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar. His threat was directed at countries in the so-called BRICS alliance, which consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. Turkey, Azerbaijan and Malaysia have applied to become members of the alliance, and several other countries have expressed interest in joining. While the U.S. dollar is by far the most-used currency in global business and has survived past challenges to its preeminence, members of the alliance and other developing nations say they are fed up with America’s dominance of the global financial system. Trump, in a Truth Social post, said, “We require a commitment from these Countries that they will neither create a new BRICS Currency, nor back any other Currency to replace the mighty U.S. Dollar or, they will face 100% Tariffs, and should expect to say goodbye to selling into the wonderful U.S. Economy.” At a summit of BRICS nations in October, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the U.S. of “weaponizing” the dollar and described it as a “big mistake…It’s not us who refuse to use the dollar,” Putin said at the time. “But if they don’t let us work, what can we do? We are forced to search for alternatives.” Russia has specifically pushed for the creation of a new payment system that would offer an alternative to the global bank messaging network, SWIFT, and allow Moscow to dodge Western sanctions and trade with partners. Trump said there is “no chance” BRICS will replace the U.S. dollar in global trade and any country that tries to make that happen “should wave goodbye to America.”
Inside the effort to market Russia and Putin to Africans
In the year since its creation, Soumaïla Azenwo Ayo said, Prersident of the African Initiative, it has hosted dozens of events to promote “friendship between the Burkinabe and Russian people” and gained nearly 10,000 followers across its Facebook and Telegram pages. It is part of an opaque network of groups that Western officials and analysts say the Kremlin uses to boost Russia’s image — and tarnish that of Western countries — as it seeks to restore its influence in Africa. The U.S. State Department this year accused African Initiative’s partner organization, based in Moscow, of seeking to undermine U.S.-funded public health projects across Africa, which the group has denied. On the ground in Ouagadougou, the capital, African Initiative has sponsored Russian martial arts competitions; Russian movie showings, including films promoting Russia’s Wagner mercenaries; and raffles with expensive prizes to attract followers to the group’s social media channels. Russian involvement on the continent stretches back to the 1960s, when many African countries gained their independence from colonial powers, but Moscow’s sway waned after the fall of the Soviet Union. Under Putin, Russia has sought to reestablish its influence on the continent and counter the Western presence there. African Initiative was created shortly after a Russian news channel with the same name launched in Moscow, led by Artyom Kureev.
Africa CDC launches a continental blueprint to combat endemic diseases, NTDs
The African Union (AU) Member States have officially endorsed a new strategic plan aimed at tackling endemic diseases that disproportionately affect the continent. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) hosted a significant workshop from November 27 to 29, 2024, in Addis Ababa, where delegates gathered to launch this pioneering initiative. Delegates from all 55 AU Member States convened to review and endorse the Africa CDC’s blueprint for health from 2024 to 2027. This strategic plan aims to unify efforts across the continent in addressing urgent health challenges through the integration of prevention and control measures into national health systems. Africa continues to bear the brunt of infectious diseases, accounting for 94% of global malaria cases and 95% of malaria-related deaths. Furthermore, 40% of the global burden of NTDs resides within Africa, affecting every Member State with at least one endemic NTD. Dr. Kaseya emphasized the need for change, citing underfunding, weak health systems, limited research, and poor access to treatment as significant barriers to progress.
Mpox outbreak could start plateauing next year, Africa CDC says
The number of mpox cases will continue to rise during the next four weeks before starting to show signs of flattening early next year, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. Mpox is a viral infection that spreads through close contact, and typically causes flu-like symptoms and pus-filled lesions. It is usually mild, but it can be lethal. The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency in August, after a new mpox strain began spreading from the badly-hit Democratic Republic of Congo to neighbouring countries. “I think with this intensification of the response, we are hoping that after about four weeks… we should see some plateauing of the outbreak as a result of all the current investment, and then towards the end of quarter one, we can then see the bending of the curve,” Ngashi Ngongo of Africa CDC told a press briefing. The outbreak continues to represent an emergency based on the rising number and continuing geographic spread of cases, operational challenges in the field, and the need to mount and sustain a cohesive response across countries and partners, the WHO said on Friday.
Why German investors see business in Africa as too risky
German Economy Minister Robert Habeck is traveling to Kenya to boost business ties with Africa. However, many investors in Germany remain wary, citing high risks for business and limited support. Africa is back in the spotlight as a continent of opportunities, with German Economy Minister Robert Habeck traveling to Kenya to open next week’s two-day German African Business Summit (GABS). The gathering, which is held in a different African country every two years, is Germany’s largest business event focused on the continent, bringing together business and government leaders from Germany and Africa. “The perspective on Africa is one of exaggerated political, policy and economic risks: politically unstable, corrupt, weak infrastructure, bureaucratic hurdles and high-risk environment,” said Serwah Prempeh, a senior fellow at the Africa Policy Research Institute’s (APRI) economy and society program. “This, of course, deters German investors, particularly those in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), who are typically more risk-averse,” Prempeh told DW. In her recently-published autobiography recently published autobiography “Freedom. Memories 1954-2021” former German Chancellor Angela Merkel mentioned the difficulty of persuading senior executives from large German companies to accompany her on trips to African countries. “Most of them saw few opportunities for themselves on the African markets,” she wrote.
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